Members of the Van Lokhorst family were buried here. According to Van Mander, the triptych was placed in the church after the death of Herman II van Lokhorst (1527).

(Original) location inside the original institution

Still in original institution?

no

Location inside the institution

In situ?

(Probable) original location

in the nave

near another memorial object for the commemorated person(s) or relatives

Argumentation

inscription on the triptych

Related memorial objects in the same institution

Additional remarks (original location)

Additional remarks

The triptych was probably part of a memorial for members of the Van Lokhorst family who - according to the inscription - were buried in "the middle of the church". This means that the triptych was probably either located in the crossing of the church or, as Faries (2011) suggests, near the fifth nave pier on the north side (near the graves of members of the Van Lokhorst family).

arguments for functions: memorial texts on the triptych; size of the triptych

Commemorated party

Name

Van Lokhorst family

Specification

Members of the commemorated party

Commemorated person(s)

[1262] Gerrit van Lokhorst (?) (male)

[1257] Werner van Lokhorst (male)

[1258] Herman I van Lokhorst (male)

[1261] Herman II van Lokhorst (male)

[1260] Ghijsbert van Lokhorst (male)

Commemorated institution(s)

Relation between commemorated persons

extended family

Relation specification

Additional remarks

argument for identification of commemorated party: texts on the triptych

Commissioning party

Name

Herman II van Lokhorst

Composition of the commissioning party

single person

Specification

Members of the commissioning party

Commissioning person(s)

[1261] Herman II van Lokhorst (male)

Commissioning Institution(s)

Relation between commissioning party and commemorated party

The commissioning party was the commemorated party

Relation specification

the commissioning party was one of the commemorated persons; the other commemorated persons were his relatives

Additional remarks

• arguments for identification of commissioning party: text on the triptych; mentioned by Van Mander. • motive for commissioning the triptych: restoring the memorial of the Van Lokhorst family which had been erected by his ancestors and consisted of a sculpture and a painting (the triptych?)

Jan van Scorel, the painter of this triptych, was a pilgrim to the Holy Land. The sketches made by Van Scorel during his pilgrimage probably served as a basis for the detailed view of Jerusalem in the background of the central panel.

Interior left wing of triptych of [644] Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem with devotional portraits of the Van Lokhorst family ('The Lokhorst Triptych')

I, scholastic Ghijsbert van Lokhorst, lie in my grave; if I ever sowed well, shall the
harvest now be good. - In the year of the Lord 1454. - Herman van Lokhorst, dean of the
Utrecht Church of Our Saviour and former canon of this principal church, out
of love and piety for his blood relatives, who lie buried in the middle of the church, had
their sepulchre with a statue and a painting restored in the year after the Virgin [gave] birth 1526.

Oh woman, who, as it is said, washed the sacred feet with your tears, dried [them] with your hair and anointed [them] with rose oil, atoning for your sins by this lovely service and preparing the body of our Lord for the grave, pray, oh holy woman, for eternal rest for dean Lokhorst, who with great love founded an altar in your honour. If Werner had not been taken from us by his sudden death, his mighty virtue would have protected him. - He died on the 3rd [day before] the calends of October 1401. - Herman died on the 8th [day before] the ides of August 1428.

• Memorial texts including a prayer to St Mary Magdalene. The inscription mentions that Herman I van Lokhorst founded an altar that was dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. • The dates of death are written in much smaller letters: they were probably added at a later date. • The 3rd day before the calends of October is September 29; the 8th day before the ides of August is August 6. • Herman did not die in 1428, as is mentioned here, but in 1438.

Interior right wing of triptych; piece of paper held by St Gertrude of Nivelles